A Preliminary Study of Nonverbal Acquisition in Intercultural Communication

本研究的主要目的是探讨头点头和凝视方向在跨文化交际中的作用。我们还观察了日语学习者的这些非言语行为的变化，因为他们的言语能力随着时间的推移而提高。具体来说，我们录制了国际学生和日本学生在三个阶段用日语进行的对话，即国际学生到达日本后的两个月、六个月和十个月。这三个阶段分别对应于初级、中级和预高级水平。有来自8个国家的20名国际学生，他们在大学学习之前参加了JSL项目。对于印度尼西亚学生，他们在大学一年级结束时与日本大学生的第四次对话被录制下来，以进一步探索他们非语言行为的变化或习得。视频对话被转录，非语言行为(即点头和凝视方向)被编码在语言/非语言文本中(Ikeda&Ikeda，1996)。交流的非语言方面与语言信息的性质有关：实质性的话语和类似于Aizuchi的话语。这项研究的结果发表在本表格背面列出的出版物上。

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the role of head nods and gaze direction in intercultural communication. We also looked at changes in these nonverbal behaviors of learners of Japanese as their verbal competence increased over time. Specifically, we videotaped conversations in Japanese between international and Japanese students at three stages, namely, two months, six months, and ten months after the international students' arrival in Japan. The three stages correspond to elementary, intermediate, and pre-advanced levels respectively in terms of their proficiency. There were 20 international students from 8 countries, who were then enrolled in a JSL program prior to their college-level studies. For Indonesian students, the fourth conversations with Japanese college students were videotaped at the end of their first year in college to further explore their change in or acquisition of nonverbal behavior.Videotaped conversations were transcribed, and nonverbal behavior (i.e., head nods and gaze direction) were coded on the "Verbal/Nonverbal Text" (Ikeda & Ikeda, 1996). Nonverbal aspects of communication were analyzed in relation to the nature of verbal messages : substantial utterance and aizuchi (backchanneling)-like utterance.Findings from the study were published in the publications listed on the back of this form.